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Actors Who Moonlight as Musicians

From Ryan Gosling’s indie rock band to Jada Pinkett Smith’s forgotten hard-core metal past, here are some actors with hidden musical talents. And you can catch plenty of bands with not-so-hidden talents who are performing as part of Yahoo! On the Road's concert series. You can live stream the shows, or tune in to score tickets to watch them in person. Check out the schedule here. -- Tiara Chiaramonte, Yahoo!

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Ryan Gosling may now be known as an A-list Hollywood actor, but his start was in the “All New Mickey Mouse Club” as a singer with Yahoo! On the Road performer Justin Timberlake. So it's no surprise that Gosling is in the two-man band Dead Man's Bones. Their first album was released in 2009 and was described by Rolling Stone as "Arcade Fire, Tom Waits and the cast of 'Sesame Street' performing a Kurt Weill musical.” As if he wasn’t talented ... more

Ryan Gosling may now be known as an A-list Hollywood actor, but his start was in the “All New Mickey Mouse Club” as a singer with Yahoo! On the Road performer Justin Timberlake. So it's no surprise that Gosling is in the two-man band Dead Man's Bones. Their first album was released in 2009 and was described by Rolling Stone as "Arcade Fire, Tom Waits and the cast of 'Sesame Street' performing a Kurt Weill musical.” As if he wasn’t talented enough, he taught himself piano and cello. less